Embossed and chased silver chalice, the circular base edged - Lot 271

Embossed and chased silver chalice, the circular base edged with a partly openwork foliate frieze and the domed part decorated with foliage, garlands of fruit and three cartouches bearing representations of the instruments of Christ's Passion: the scourging column, the rope, the cock of St. Peter, the centurion Longin's spear, the Holy Sponge, the Veil of Veronica, the Cross, the Titulus Crucis, the moon and the sun. The stem features rings decorated with laurel wreaths and a baluster-shaped bow decorated with foliage and fruit, alternating with three cartouches bearing representations of the instruments of Christ's Passion: the nail-driving hammer and pincers, soldiers' dice and silver coins. The false bowl is decorated with foliage, garlands of fruit and three cartouches depicting the instruments of Christ's Passion: the ladder, the high priest's hand, the lantern, the scourging whips and the three nails. The inside of the bowl and the inside of the base in vermeil. Chambéry, 1680- 1700, M.O.: crowned CP and two palms below unidentified and not yet catalogued H. 28 cm Weight: 742 g. Marked and M.O. only on the foot.